Review of The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) by Kevin Crust for Los Angeles Times — 25 Feb 2021
Within the confines of a straight-ahead, handsomely designed and photographed biopic beats the heart of a more adventurous presentation of Holiday’s tragic life. It’s hinted at in Day’s performance, the dreamlike memory sequences and a cheeky, meta-coda that plays out during the end credits but never quite pierces the film’s more varnished surfaces.
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This review of The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) was written by Kevin Crust and published by Los Angeles Times on 25 Feb 2021.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday has generally received mixed reviews.
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